First a basketball-size wire ball was filled with briquettes14—the kind used in a barbecue15 grill16.

我们首先在篮球大小的铁丝球中装满煤屑做成的小煤球——也就是人们做烧烤用的那种燃料。

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It should be noted that the size of the in-memory business object (BO) can be much larger than the representation available on the wire.

应该注意，内存中业务对象(BO)的大小可能比线路上可用的表示要大得多。

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Much of the time, the size of XML really makes no difference — hard disks are cheap, and the time on the wire might be only a small part of the total time in the process.

很多时候，XML的大小实际上并没有多大影响—硬盘很便宜，而且文件传输用的时间也许只占整个处理时间的一小部分。

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Each trawl is basically a rope strung with twenty-five lobster traps - wire cages,each the size of a big trunk.

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Dominic West, who starred in US crime drama The Wire, and chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, both oppose the project due to its size.

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